School of Government and Public Administration


The School of Government and Public Administration is a four-year public high school in Paterson in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States, operated as part of the Paterson Public Schools. It is one of a number of academy programs serving students in ninth through twelfth grades based at the Eastside High School campus.
As of the 2017-18 school year, the school had an enrollment of 765 students and 56.0 classroom teachers, for a student–teacher ratio of 13.7:1. There were 511 students eligible for free lunch and 8 eligible for reduced-cost lunch.

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 315th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology, after being ranked 305th in the state in 2012.

Administration

The school's principal is Miguel A. Sosa.